The Ten-Point Overload Scale

As I've said before, handling and preventing meltdowns is an important autistic life skill; and learning to predict them is a prerequisite to learning to prevent them. As we all probably already know, it's impossible to stop a meltdown once it happens--thus the focus on prevention. One tool I use…

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One tool I use to help prevent meltdowns is a ten-point “stress scale”

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